A plan is afoot to pave over almost 600 acres of the most high-quality and best-located agricultural land in the province.

We need your help to stop this.

Our provincial and federal politicians must publicly commit to protect farmland in Delta. In particular, the prime agricultural land close to Deltaport is in peril.

It is true that farming this fertile soil will create far less profits in the short-term than using the land as a transfer station for port container traffic.

But of course that is not the point.

We expect our elected representatives to work for the long-term good.

Protecting the small amount of precious delta farmland that remains is profoundly important to our long-term food security. We need to balance competing interests. There are other locations for port development and other ways to strengthen international trade. There is no need to sell off our farmland.

Watch this short video for my perspective of what is going on and what needs to happen.

What can you do?

Email your MLA with a simple request: show you will preserve the ALR by protecting the farmland near the Deltaport.

PS. Only five per cent of British Columbia's land base is productive farmland and British Columbia produces only about half as much food as we consume, with fruits and vegetables being in particularly short supply. According to the latest report from the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability, if we continue business as usual, the world will need at least 50 per cent more food by 2030, which is why it is so important to safeguard the province's food supply.

Lana Popham, Incumbent & Candidate for Saanich South MLA

Welcome!

I've worked hard as the Official Opposition Critic for Agriculture over the last four years. This blog was created to help track my work so interested folks can see what I'm up to.

I'm not able to update it as often as I would like but it will give you a good sampling of my work.

During the dissolution of the BC Legislature (April 16 - June 5, 2013) this site will be shut down. Some content may remain visible as part of the public record of my past work but other content will be unvailable and/or links may be broken.

You can reach me at info@lanapopham.ca or visit my website at lanapopham.ca.